捜 (locate, look for, search) - Kanji Codex

捜

locate, look for, search

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュシュウソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

さが.す

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:2

Frequency:592

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
捜査	ソウサ	search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
捜索	ソウサク	search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
特捜	トクソウ	special investigation
捜索隊	ソウサクタイ	search party
捜査官	ソウサカン	(police) investigator

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
捜し回る	さがしまわる	to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
捜す	さがす	to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around
捜し求める	さがしもとめる	to search for; to seek for; to look for
聞き込み捜査	ききこみそうさ	(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
捜し物	さがしもの	looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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attach, check, do in spite of, press, push, seal, seize, shove, stop, subdue, weight

snapshot, take pictures

describe, display, hang out, hoist, publish, put up, put up (a notice)

beat (music), clap

ability, art, arts, craft, feat, performance, skill, vocation

be filled up, bury, embedded

1/10 bu, 1/10 sen, rin